Reading as Fast as I Can

Pay no attention to the disheveled appearance. Like I said,
 I've been reading all weekend

I've spent every free moment I've had since Friday night, reading "Talking as Fast as I Can" by Lauren Graham.  And I need to say, it was by far the absolute best use of my time I can think of.  I mean, I knew it was going to be good.  I read her first novel "Someday, Someday Maybe" in just a few days and loved that as well.  (If you ever feel like buying me a present, you can buy me another copy of that book - I lent it to my least likely to return it friend, and I haven't seen it since...)  Anyway, based on that novel and my love of all things Gilmore Girls, I sort of knew Lauren's memoir would be a winner.

But I didn't realize it would be this much of a winner.  It's funny from start to finish.  I'm pretty sure she's secretly Lorelai Gilmore in real life.  No actor in the history of acting has been more perfectly cast than she has.  And as a real life person, she's pretty perfect as well.  Having the book framed around her first Gilmore Girls stint through her second was an excellent idea.  She's had such an interesting life in these years, and it's fun to hear her side of it - rather than what you may read in the press.

She's also very smart, and a fabulous writer.  So there's a whole chapter on how she writes and a new way she's discovered to make her process better.  I can honestly say, if it works for her - and based on her books, it definitely works - I just might give it a try.  Who wouldn't want to be just a little like Lorelai Gilmore.  Oops, I mean Lauren Graham!